Indonesian growth forecast

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An Indonesian laborer is silhouetted as he carries a canister at the Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta on Tuesday. Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 7.25 percent on May 5, to mitigate the impact of the global downturn on Southeast Asia's largest economy. The central bank forecast that Indonesia's growth in 2009 would reach about three to four percent, thanks to robust domestic demand and better-than-expected value of exports.

An Indonesian laborer is silhouetted as he carries a canister at the Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta on Tuesday. Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 7.25 percent on May 5, to mitigate the impact of the global downturn on Southeast Asia's largest economy. The central bank forecast that Indonesia's growth in 2009 would reach about three to four percent, thanks to robust domestic demand and better-than-expected value of exports. (Getty Images)

An Indonesian laborer is silhouetted as he carries a canister at the Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta on Tuesday. Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 7.25 percent on May 5, to mitigate the impact of the global downturn on Southeast Asia's largest economy. The central bank forecast that Indonesia's growth in 2009 would reach about three to four percent, thanks to robust domestic demand and better-than-expected value of exports.